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To: allmendream
"I also noticed you avoided the relevant question."

Nope. The relevant question was your misrepresentation of what I wrote. All other comments were inferior to that.

"So what is it about a high mutation rate that would confer a survival advantage to a bacteria under stress?"

It is obvious that it is searching a 'design-space' for potential alternatives, much like a Thompson Array; an intelligently-designed search method.

435 posted on 09/15/2008 5:55:59 AM PDT by GourmetDan (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
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To: GourmetDan

I love your tagline. Who says God doesn’t have a sense of humor.


438 posted on 09/15/2008 6:24:14 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: GourmetDan
Searching a design space = trying out random DNA variations to see which ones are favored by selection.

Potential alternatives = mutated DNA of a gene that produces a protein that helps overcome the stress.

Outcome = higher mutation rate increases amount of genetic variation that is selected from by environmental pressure; i.e. evolution through natural selection of genetic variation.

441 posted on 09/15/2008 7:05:05 AM PDT by allmendream (Sa-RAH! Sa-RAH! Sa-RAH! RAH RAH RAH! McCain/Palin2008)
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